Hay-retainer for stackers.



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HAY RETAINER FOR STAGKERS.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 2, 1913.

1,077,819. Patented Nov. 4, 1913.

nven'tor Attorneys Witnesses UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEONARD ECKERT, OF RANGHER, MONTANA.

HAY-'RETAINER FOR STACKERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 4,1913.

Application filed June 2, 1913. Serial No. 771,305,

provide a retainer of this. character which can be applied readily to the teeth of a loader already in use, said retainer being so constructed as to move out of the path of the hay being placed upon the loader but being adapted to move automatically toretainin position after the hay has passed the retainer, the movement of the retaining finger to normal position being limited by a stop provided for that purpose so that any movement of the hay in the direction of the free ends of the teeth of the loader will be without effect upon the retaining finger.

With the foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings:Figure 1 is a side elevation of a loader having the present improvements combined therewith. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the retainer and a portion of a loader tooth engaged thereby, part of the retainer being broken away. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the retainer and the adjacent portion of the tooth engaged thereby.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference A designates a loader of any preferred construction, the same being provided with a head made up of suitably connected teeth B, there being rigid fingers G upstanding from the back end portions of the teeth so as to limit the movement of the hay along the teeth when supplied thereto.

The outer end of each tooth B is adapted to be supplied with a retainer such as constitutes the present invention. Each retainer includes a tapered head 1 having a recess 2 in the bottom face thereof and extending longitudinally for a portion of the length of the head, this recess being so shaped and proportioned as to receive the free end portion of one of the teeth B. A tongue 3 extends rearwardly from the butt end of the head 1 and is adapted to rest upon the tooth B and to be secured thereto by bolts or in any other suitable manner.

An ear 4 is arranged in the angle formed by the tongue 3 and the butt end of the head 1 and this ear is pivotally engaged by the forked lower end of a retaining finger 5 the upper end of which is preferably rounded and pointed, as shown at 6. This finger is adapted normally to bear forwardly against the shoulder 7 formed by head 1 above ear 4 and springs 7 are preferably secured to the front face of the finger 5 and are adapted to bear against the butt end of the head 1 at opposite sides of the ear 4: and the tongue 3. These springs serve to hold the finger 5 yieldingly against the shoulder 7 but will yield sufficiently to allow the finger 5 to swing downwardly onto the tongue 3, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. a

It will be understood that when a rake loaded with hay or like material is moved against the head of the loader, the materail carried by the rake will press against the upstanding fingers 5 and cause them to swing rearwardly and downwardly, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, the material being transferred thus passing over the fingers and onto the teeth B. As soon as the material has passed over the fingers 5, the springs 7 which are placed under stress during this downward swinging of the teeth, will return the teeth to their normal positions against the shoulders 7. Thus, obviously, any tendency of the material on the teeth B to move toward the free ends of the said teeth, will be overcome inasmuch as the upstanding fingers 5 will prevent such movement and will be efliciently backed or reinforced by the shoulders 7.

\Vhat is claimed is 1. The combination with a stacker having a toothed head, of a retaining means for each tooth, said means including a head, a tongue extending therefrom for attachment to a tooth, said head forming a stop shoulder above the tongue, a retaining finger hingedly connected to the tongue and adapt-' ed to swing downwardly thereonto, and yielding means for holding the finger normally pressed toward the stop shoulder and perpendicularly to the tongue.

2. A retaining attachment for a tooth of a hay loader, comprising a tapered head, an attaching tongue extending therefrom,

said head forming a shoulder at the end of the tongue, a retaining finger hingedly connected to the tongue and adapted to swing rearwardly away from the head and toward the tongue, and yielding means for holding the finger normally extended upwardly, said shoulder constituting means for limiting the upward swinging movement of the finger.

3. A retaining attachment for a finger of a hay loader, comprising a head having a finger receiving recess in the bottom thereof,

an attaching tongue extending from the back 'end of the head, said head forming a stop shoulder at the end of the tongue, a finger hingedly connected to the tongue and adapted to swing downwardly and rearwardly toward the tongue, and yielding means upon the finger and cooperating with the shoulder for holding the finger normally elevated, said shoulder constituting means for limiting the movement of the finger in one direction.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LEONARD EoKEnT.

Witnesses:

CHARLIE KIRKPATRICK, M. G. MACDONALD.-

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